During the energy crisis, the Kremlin continues to blame the West for the shutdown of gas supply through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. “We do not know how the repair work will be carried out because the sanctions prevent it,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
The responsibility for this lies with the European states and the states that have imposed sanctions against the country. Russian state-owned company Gazprom did not resume gas deliveries to Europe via Nord Stream 1 on Saturday after scheduled maintenance on the turbine.
fire hazard
Gazprom justifies the shutdown with oil escaping from the turbine and the resulting fire hazard. The cause of the leak is a design flaw in the turbine supplied by Siemens Energy.
The company contradicted the Russian account. “Such leaks normally do not affect the operation of a turbine and can be plugged on site,” a Siemens Energy spokesperson said Monday. Even in the past, such oil leaks had not led to a standstill.
Source: Krone
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